The Edmond Public Schools Board voted to uphold prior decisions to keep the memoir The Glass Castle available in the district's high school media centers after public comment and a district review process.

Parents and community members spoke during public participation expressing concern about profanity and depictions of sexual abuse in the book. Brent and Jill Larson urged the board to remove the title from libraries; Brent Larson said the content is "not safe for our children to be reading." David Barnes, a longtime Edmond resident, urged board members to take a stand for "decency" and to consider the book's language and descriptions of abuse.

District staff described the review process under policy EFA: a school-level committee reviewed the challenge, then a district-level committee convened and voted to uphold the school's decision to keep the book available. The superintendent's office said district committee members were required to read the book if they agreed to serve; the district committee vote on the appeal was 10-0 in favor of keeping the book available. Board members noted the district maintains an online listing of library holdings and that parents can request that a student be blocked from checking out a title.

A motion to "uphold the decision to not remove The Glass Castle from the media center" passed on a board vote. During discussion, board members emphasized that the agenda item concerned library availability only, not classroom instruction; speakers said the school-level committees represented multiple schools and included parents.

The board did not change library policy or remove the book. Board members pointed to the district's process for challenges and the parental opt-out mechanism for individual students.